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SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, September 14,
2021 – Canada stormed past Cuba to claim a 3-0
(25-11, 25-14, 25-10) victory in the second day
at the Women’s Volleyball Pan American Cup on
Tuesday.
It was the second victory in as many days for
the Canadian side while Cuba fell down to 0-2 in
the preliminary phase of the six-team
round-robin.
Canada recorded a tournament-high 14 aces, with
Natasha Calkins and captain Brie King landing 4
and 3, respectively. King was taken out with a
left leg injury in the second set.
Hillary Howe led Canada with 16 points,
including 3 blocks and 2 aces, while Calkins and
Avery Heppell each contributing 9 points in the
victory.
Shannon Winzer, coach of Canada: “Today we were
more aggressive than yesterday and were a lot
better with our serves. I think that better
things are ahead for us in the tournament”.
Joel Olazabal, coach of Cuba: “For the first
part of the sets we were battling even, point by
point, but things were different when they
started to score 4 points against 1 by us. This
is a very young team for this kind of
competition but the girls are trying to do the
best they can. Now and then we will catch some
good moments.” |
